2012 SOUTH BEND~Guinevere & Zephyr

catwoman · **Posted:** Thu May 17, 2012 7:44 pm

These kids are growing well! :egg 19:

SusanE · **Posted:** Thu May 17, 2012 9:07 pm

I'm thinkin' I should make a loop up and around to check out the Ft. Wayne and South Bend nests. Thanks for the latest images, catwoman and skygirlblue.

skygirlblue · **Joined:** Sun Jul 26, 2009 3:18 pm **Posts:** 61947

Look who I found baby sitting this afternoon. . :girlluv:

SusanE · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 3:40 pm

Awwwwwww

catwoman · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 7:04 pm

SGB, so glad you caught Zephyr at the nest! :egg5:

Susan, I'm going on vacation in a couple of weeks to Nebraska (yeah, I have family there) and I was thinking I'd like to do that but hubby wouldn't go for it...hope you get to do it!

gigi · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 10:30 pm

SusanE wrote:

I'm thinkin' I should make a loop up and around to check out the Ft. Wayne and South Bend nests. Thanks for the latest images, catwoman and skygirlblue.

I'll go with you after my Memorial Day Company leave. Wonder when SB will be banded....

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 11:54 pm

All I caught was a pile of sleepy babies one would raise a head for a nano second
then down then the next and the next but not all at once so I thought this was a
good chick pile pic.

gigi · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 11:55 pm

SusanE · **Posted:** Sat May 26, 2012 2:29 pm

Donna C · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 9:32 pm

Are they suppose to be out there already?? :egg16:

gigi · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 9:36 pm

Whoa there big fella! Get down before you get hurt... :egg11:

Donna C · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 9:36 pm

Hey, get back in that nest you! Where's your siblings? Is there a place for them to go out there?

Donna C · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 9:38 pm

gigi wrote:

Whoa there big fella! Get down before you get hurt... :egg11:

I know right gigi? Making me nervous!

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 7:29 pm

However, by Tuesday morning, the family of peregrines had lost one of its youngest. Over the weekend, the male chick was blown away from the nest, presumably by a strong gust of wind and unable to fly yet, fell tragically to the roof of the fifth floor of the building.

“He got inadvertently dumped down onto the fifth floor roof sometime over the weekend,” said Carol Riewe, a local naturalist who frequently monitors the falcons via webcam.

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 7:54 pm

Poor baby. Thank you for finding the article, KF.

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 8:20 pm

Here is article/video/slideshow of the banding here bittersweet as it is
John got a good hit from I think mom when he was returning the girls the slide show is a definite must watch Z & G are very MEAN :egg5:

SusanE · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 8:29 pm

That was a great video, and shows exactly where the nest is located. I'd been wondering.

marineof2 · **Joined:** Fri May 25, 2012 3:36 pm **Posts:** 112

I am glad they showed the video, now I know where to watch from the street to see them! :egg7:

I had wondered if something happened to one of the babies, I had only seen two lately :egg10:

kittenface · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 8:54 pm

I think these 2 are the best it shows Zephyr being very aggressive if you zoom in you can see that the bands are B/R :egg5:

catwoman · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 9:06 pm

Oh my, that Zephr is ferocious when it comes to protecting his family! Glad nobody got seriously injured.

Very sad about the little boy. :tissue:

That's happening at a number of nests, but some chicks are lucky to not be injured (or worse).

Thanks for sharing that info, Kitten & thanks for your pics, Susan!

Welcome to BCAW, Marineof2! :grwelcom

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